AFFRIGHT Synonyms

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• a sudden attack of fear

• cause fear in

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• a sudden involuntary movement

• to stimulate to action

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• fill with terror; frighten greatly

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

• cause fear in

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• be overcome by a sudden fear

• cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

• a person who inspires fear or dread

• a very troublesome child

• the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)